New Delhi: Union ministers Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Faggan Singh Kulaste have resigned amid reports of the expansion of Modi cabinet. Uma Bharti and Kalraj Mishra have also offered to resign. His resignation is also confirmed after Mahendra Nath Pandey becoming the UP BJP President.
Cabinet extension may be on September 2:
The market of discussions about the expansion of Modi cabinet is hot. According to sources, the Cabinet expansion may occur between 4 to 6 PM on the evening of September 2.
Shuffling of President Koovind's Tirupati program:
In view of this, the program of President Ramnath Kovind Tirupati has also been altered. They were supposed to arrive in Delhi on the evening of September 2, but will now reach Delhi till 2 pm.
The ministers who have resigned or have offered resignation:
Minister of State for Education, Mahendra Nath Pandey has been made the UP BJP President.
Minister of Health Faggan Singh Kulaste has submitted the resignation of the PM to Amit Shah.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy has also submitted his resignation to the PM on the advice of Amit Shah.
Ganga's cleaning minister Uma Bharti has already offered to resign because of poor health 15 days earlier.
Kalraj Mishra has also offered to resign.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has already offered to resign.
It is believed that PM Modi is making a place to accommodate new ministers in the cabinet expansion.
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